nvlddmkm.sys BSOD on Windows 7

My laptop is only about 2 years old and lately its been giving me the BSOD while running video games it should be able to run. Its an alienware running on windows 7 home premium and it only recently started doing this. I've tried turning off automatic updates and uninstalling my video drivers, running driver sweeper, then installing the latest version of my video drivers but it still gives me the bsod. Even with a clean installation of windows, it still gives me bsod. i dont know what else to do. i cant post pictures so ill type out what the bsod says.

a problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer.

attempt to reset the display driver and recover from timeout failed.

if this is the first time youve seen this stop error screen, restart your computer. if this screen appears again, follow these steps

check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed.
if this is a new installation, ask your hardware or software manufacturer for any windows updates you might need.

if problems continue, disable or remove any newly installed hardware or software. disable bios memory options such as caching or shadowing.
if you need to use safe mode to remove or disable components, restart your computer, press f8 to select advance startup options, and then select safe mode.

technical information:

***STOP: 0x00000116 (bunch of letters and numbers)

***nvlddmkm.sys - address fffff88006183680 base at fffff88005852000, datestamp 5116d804